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Friday, March 6, 2009.
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 2009
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Payroll employment has declined by 2.6 million in the past 4 months. In February, job
losses were large and widespread across nearly all major industry sectors.
Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,
March 2006 – February 2009
Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted,
March 2006 – February 2009
Millions
Percent
10.0
9.5
9.0
8.5
8.0
7.5
142.0
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
132.0
140.0
138.0
136.0
134.0
130.0
128.0
126.0
124.0
122.0
2007
2008
2009
2007
2008
2009
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
The number of unemployed persons increased by 851,000 to 12.5 million in February, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has
increased by about 5.0 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by 3.3 percentage points. (See
table A-1.)
The unemployment rate continued to trend upward in February for adult men (8.1 percent), adult
women (6.7 percent), whites (7.3 percent), blacks (13.4 percent), and Hispanics (10.9 percent). The
jobless rate for teenagers was little changed at 21.6 percent. The unemployment rate for Asians was 6.9
percent in February, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Quarterly averages
Category
III 2008
IV 2008
Monthly data
Dec. 2008
Feb. 2009
Jan.-Feb.
change
154,214
141,748
12,467
80,699
498
-351
851
-324
7.6
7.6
6.2
20.8
6.9
12.6
9.7
8.1
8.1
6.7
21.6
7.3
13.4
10.9
0.5
.5
.5
.8
.4
.8
1.2
p 134,419
p 20,153
p 6,723
p 12,645
p 114,266
p 14,999
p 17,222
p 19,123
p 13,275
p 22,563
p 133,768
p 19,877
p 6,619
p 12,477
p 113,891
p 14,960
p 17,042
p 19,149
p 13,242
p 22,572
p -651
p -276
p -104
p -168
p -375
p -40
p -180
p 26
p -33
p9
p 33.3
p 39.6
p 2.6
p 0.0
p -.2
p -.2
Jan. 2009
Labor force status
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Civilian labor force …………….…………… 154,650
Employment …………………….………… 145,299
9,350
Unemployment ……………….……………
Not in labor force ………………….………… 79,460
154,648
144,046
10,602
80,177
154,447
143,338
11,108
80,588
153,716
142,099
11,616
81,023
Unemployment rates
All workers ……………….……………....…
Adult men …………………....……...……
Adult women ………….……………………
Teenagers ………….………………...……
White ……….………….…...………………
Black or African American ………….……
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ………..……
6.0
5.8
5.0
19.7
5.4
10.7
7.8
6.9
6.8
5.6
20.7
6.3
11.5
8.9
7.2
7.2
5.9
20.8
6.6
11.9
9.2
Employment
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Nonfarm employment ……….……...……… 137,004
21,343
Goods-producing 1…...…...………………
7,170
Construction ..…...…………….…………
Manufacturing …………………....……
13,388
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Service-providing ………...……..……… 115,661
2
15,331
Retail trade …...…………….…..……
Professional and business service ….....… 17,730
Education and health services …..…….… 18,932
13,452
Leisure and hospitality …...…………….
Government ………...…………………… 22,543
135,727
20,803
6,949
13,062
114,924
15,127
17,485
19,035
13,348
22,538
135,074
20,532
6,841
12,902
114,542
15,038
17,356
19,080
13,304
22,532
Hours of work
Total private ……...…………...……………
Manufacturing …………….……...………
Overtime ……...………………..…….…
33.6
40.8
3.6
33.4
40.2
3.2
33.3
39.9
2.9
3
p 33.3
p 39.8
p 2.8
Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)
Total private ……...………………….………
106.1
104.1
103.2
p 102.6
Earnings
Average hourly earnings, total private …...…
Average weekly earnings, total private …….
1
$18.16
610.90
$18.34
612.55
$18.40
612.72
p 101.9
p -0.7
p $18.47
p 615.05
p $0.03
p 1.00
3
p $18.44
p 614.05
Includes other industries, not shown separately.
Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data.
3
Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.
p = preliminary.
2
3
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Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs
increased by 716,000 to 7.7 million in February. This measure has grown by 3.8 million in the last 12
months. (See table A-8.)
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 270,000 to
2.9 million in February. Over the past 12 months, the number of long-term unemployed was up by 1.6
million. (See table A-9.)
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
The civilian labor force participation rate was about unchanged at 65.6 percent. The employmentpopulation ratio, at 60.3 percent in February, continued to trend down. The ratio has declined by 2.4
percentage points over the year. (See table A-1.)
In February, the number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose by 787,000, reaching 8.6 million. The number of such
workers rose by 3.7 million over the past 12 months. This category includes persons who would like to
work full time but were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were
unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-5.)
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
About 2.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in
February, 466,000 more than a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and
had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because
they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached,
there were 731,000 discouraged workers in February, up by 335,000 from a year earlier. Discouraged
workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them.
The other 1.3 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in February had not searched for
work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Total nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 651,000 in February. Since the recession began in
December 2007, about 4.4 million jobs have been lost, with more than half (2.6 million) of the decrease
occurring in the last 4 months. In February, employment declined in most major industry sectors, with
the largest losses occurring in professional and business services, manufacturing, and construction.
Health care continued to add jobs over the month. (See table B-1.)
Employment in professional and business services fell by 180,000 in February. The temporary help
industry lost 78,000 jobs over the month. Since December 2007, temporary help employment has declined by 686,000, or 27 percent. In February, job declines also occurred in services to buildings and
dwellings (-17,000), architectural and engineering services (-16,000), and business support services
(-12,000).
Widespread job losses continued in manufacturing in February (-168,000). The majority of the
decline occurred in durable goods industries (-132,000), with the largest decreases in fabricated metal
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products (-28,000) and machinery (-25,000). Employment in nondurable goods manufacturing declined
by 36,000 over the month.
The construction industry lost 104,000 jobs in February. Employment in the industry has fallen by
1.1 million since peaking in January 2007. Two-fifths of that decline occurred over the last 4 months.
Employment fell sharply in both the residential and nonresidential components of the industry in
February.
Employment in truck transportation declined by 33,000 in February; the industry has lost 138,000
jobs since the start of the recession in December 2007. Nearly two-thirds of the decline (-88,000)
occurred over the last 4 months. The information industry continued to lose jobs (-15,000). Over the
last 4 months, employment in the industry has decreased by 76,000, with about two-fifths of the decline
occurring in publishing.
Employment in financial activities continued to decline in February (-44,000). The number of jobs
in this industry has dropped by 448,000 since an employment peak in December 2006, with half of this
loss occurring in the past 6 months. In February, job losses occurred in real estate (-11,000); credit
intermediation (-11,000); and securities, commodity contracts, and investments (-8,000).
Retail trade employment fell by 40,000 over the month and has declined by 608,000 since December 2007. In February, employment decreased in automobile dealerships (-9,000), sporting goods
(-9,000), furniture and home furnishing stores (-8,000), and building material and garden supply stores
(-7,000). Employment in wholesale trade fell by 37,000 over the month, with nearly all of the decline
occurring in durable goods.
Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend down over the month (-33,000), with
about half of the decrease in the accommodation industry (-18,000).
Health care continued to add jobs in February, with a gain of 27,000. Job growth occurred in
ambulatory health care (16,000) and in hospitals (7,000).
The change in total nonfarm employment for December was revised from -577,000 to -681,000 and
the change for January was revised from -598,000 to -655,000. Monthly revisions result from additional
sample reports and the monthly recalculation of seasonal factors.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
In February, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls was 33.3 hours for the third month in a row. Both the manufacturing workweek and factory
overtime decreased by 0.2 hour over the month to 39.6 and 2.6 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls fell by 0.7 percent in February. The manufacturing index declined by 2.0 percent over the
month. (See table B-5.)
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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
In February, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls rose by 3 cents, or 0.2 percent, seasonally adjusted. Over the past 12 months, average hourly
earnings increased by 3.6 percent, and average weekly earnings rose by 2.1 percent. (See table B-3.)
______________________________
The Employment Situation for March 2009 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 3,
at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates
Why are there two monthly measures of employment?
The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a
smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey
because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 107,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in
the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope
than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The
household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups.
Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?
Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers.
Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not
possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include
questions about whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions
show that foreign-born workers accounted for 15.7 percent of the labor force in 2007 and 47.7 percent
of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2007.
Why does the establishment survey have revisions?
The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating
additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates.
The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding
2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated
seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit
http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm.
On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors
estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records.
The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm.
Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?
Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments
with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability
of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately
sampled to achieve that goal.
Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?
Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric
model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past
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values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection.
BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year.
Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance
benefits?
No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons
who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed.
(People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey.
Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work?
Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job,
including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged
workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other
groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation
news release.
Technical Note
This news release presents statistics from two major
surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey)
and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment
survey). The household survey provides the information on
the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample
survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S.
Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on
the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm
payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll
records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The
sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government
agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling
frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.
For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a
particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the
reference week is generally the calendar week that contains
the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the
reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which
may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.
force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as
a percent of the population, and the employment-population
ratio is the employed as a percent of the population.
Establishment survey. The sample establishments are
drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories,
offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local
government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are
those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted
in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for
private businesses and relate only to production workers in
the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in
the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007
version of the North American Industry Classification
System.
Differences in employment estimates. The numerous
conceptual and methodological differences between the
household and establishment surveys result in important
distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the
surveys. Among these are:
•
The household survey includes agricultural workers,
the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and
private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment
survey.
•
The household survey includes people on unpaid
leave among the employed. The establishment
survey does not.
•
The household survey is limited to workers 16 years
of age and older. The establishment survey is not
limited by age.
•
The household survey has no duplication of
individuals, because individuals are counted only
once, even if they hold more than one job. In the
establishment survey, employees working at more
than one job and thus appearing on more than one
payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect
the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on
responses to a series of questions on work and job search
activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample
household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in
the labor force.
People are classified as employed if they did any work
at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in
their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or
worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or
farm. People are also counted as employed if they were
temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad
weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal
reasons.
People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of
the following criteria: They had no employment during the
reference week; they were available for work at that time; and
they made specific efforts to find employment sometime
during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.
Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The
unemployment data derived from the household survey in no
way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of
unemployment insurance benefits.
The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and
unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or
unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment
rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor
Seasonal adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor
force and the levels of employment and unemployment
undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as
changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of
schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very
large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95
percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment.
Because these seasonal events follow a more or less
regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends
can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to
month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments,
such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force
each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have
taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if
the level of economic activity has risen or declined.
However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can
be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the
seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure
provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in
economic activity.
Most seasonally adjusted series are independently
adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys.
However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such
as total payroll employment, employment in most
supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are
computed by aggregating independently adjusted component
series. For example, total unemployment is derived by
summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex
components; this differs from the unemployment estimate
that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by
combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age
categories.
For both the household and establishment surveys, a
concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which
new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all
relevant data, up to and including the data for the current
month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are
used to adjust only the current month's data. In the
establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used
each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates.
In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a
year.
Reliability of the estimates
Statistics based on the household and establishment
surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed,
there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from
the "true" population values they represent. The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the
particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by
the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based
on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors
from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level
of confidence.
For example, the confidence interval for the monthly
change in total employment from the household survey is on
the order of plus or minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of
total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to
the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly
change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/-
430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results
are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a
90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies
within this interval. Since this range includes values of less
than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment
had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In
this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an
employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment
rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval
for the monthly change in unemployment is about
+/-280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is about +/-.19 percentage point.
In general, estimates involving many individuals or
establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size
of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small
number of observations. The precision of estimates is also
improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment
process can also improve the stability of the monthly
estimates.
The household and establishment surveys are also
affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can
occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a
segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of
respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis,
mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the
collection or processing of the data.
For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for
the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for
this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the
tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly
estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received,
that the estimate is considered final.
Another major source of nonsampling error in the
establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely
basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for
this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an
estimation procedure with two components is used to account
for business births. The first component uses business deaths
to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate
procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of
business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other
firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA
time series model designed to estimate the residual net
birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA
model was derived from the unemployment insurance
universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual
net of births and deaths over the past 5 years.
The sample-based estimates from the establishment
survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to
universe counts of payroll employment obtained from
administrative records of the unemployment insurance
program. The difference between the March sample-based
employment estimates and the March universe counts is
known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy
for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries. Over the past
decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm
employment have averaged 0.2 percent, with a range from 0.1
percent to 0.6 percent.
Other information
Information in this release will be made available to
sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone:
(202) 691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-8778339.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted 1
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
232,809
152,503
65.5
144,550
62.1
7,953
5.2
80,306
4,689
234,739
153,445
65.4
140,436
59.8
13,009
8.5
81,293
5,866
234,913
153,804
65.5
140,105
59.6
13,699
8.9
81,109
5,588
232,809
153,498
65.9
146,075
62.7
7,423
4.8
79,311
4,777
234,612
154,878
66.0
144,657
61.7
10,221
6.6
79,734
5,065
234,828
154,620
65.8
144,144
61.4
10,476
6.8
80,208
5,393
235,035
154,447
65.7
143,338
61.0
11,108
7.2
80,588
5,488
234,739
153,716
65.5
142,099
60.5
11,616
7.6
81,023
5,643
234,913
154,214
65.6
141,748
60.3
12,467
8.1
80,699
5,645
112,596
81,515
72.4
76,853
68.3
4,661
5.7
31,081
113,573
81,725
72.0
73,763
64.9
7,962
9.7
31,848
113,666
81,959
72.1
73,441
64.6
8,517
10.4
31,707
112,596
82,212
73.0
78,171
69.4
4,041
4.9
30,384
113,546
82,892
73.0
76,938
67.8
5,954
7.2
30,654
113,660
82,666
72.7
76,577
67.4
6,089
7.4
30,994
113,769
82,338
72.4
75,847
66.7
6,491
7.9
31,431
113,573
81,863
72.1
75,092
66.1
6,771
8.3
31,710
113,666
81,994
72.1
74,777
65.8
7,217
8.8
31,672
103,961
78,378
75.4
74,365
71.5
4,013
5.1
25,583
104,902
78,741
75.1
71,556
68.2
7,185
9.1
26,162
104,999
78,879
75.1
71,217
67.8
7,662
9.7
26,120
103,961
78,806
75.8
75,395
72.5
3,412
4.3
25,155
104,869
79,380
75.7
74,292
70.8
5,088
6.4
25,489
104,978
79,335
75.6
74,045
70.5
5,290
6.7
25,643
105,083
78,998
75.2
73,285
69.7
5,714
7.2
26,085
104,902
78,585
74.9
72,613
69.2
5,972
7.6
26,318
104,999
78,687
74.9
72,293
68.9
6,394
8.1
26,312
120,213
70,988
59.1
67,696
56.3
3,292
4.6
49,225
121,166
71,721
59.2
66,674
55.0
5,047
7.0
49,445
121,247
71,846
59.3
66,664
55.0
5,182
7.2
49,401
120,213
71,286
59.3
67,904
56.5
3,382
4.7
48,927
121,066
71,986
59.5
67,720
55.9
4,267
5.9
49,080
121,168
71,954
59.4
67,567
55.8
4,387
6.1
49,214
121,266
72,109
59.5
67,491
55.7
4,618
6.4
49,157
121,166
71,853
59.3
67,007
55.3
4,845
6.7
49,313
121,247
72,220
59.6
66,970
55.2
5,250
7.3
49,027
111,822
67,793
60.6
64,943
58.1
2,851
4.2
44,028
112,738
68,654
60.9
64,123
56.9
4,531
6.6
44,085
112,824
68,738
60.9
64,106
56.8
4,632
6.7
44,086
111,822
67,879
60.7
64,993
58.1
2,886
4.3
43,943
112,633
68,700
61.0
64,975
57.7
3,725
5.4
43,933
112,731
68,753
61.0
64,902
57.6
3,851
5.6
43,978
112,825
68,891
61.1
64,860
57.5
4,031
5.9
43,935
112,738
68,584
60.8
64,298
57.0
4,286
6.2
44,154
112,824
68,917
61.1
64,271
57.0
4,646
6.7
43,907
17,027
6,331
37.2
5,242
30.8
1,089
17.2
10,695
17,098
6,051
35.4
4,758
27.8
1,293
21.4
11,047
17,090
6,187
36.2
4,783
28.0
1,405
22.7
10,903
17,027
6,813
40.0
5,688
33.4
1,125
16.5
10,214
17,110
6,799
39.7
5,390
31.5
1,408
20.7
10,311
17,118
6,531
38.2
5,196
30.4
1,335
20.4
10,587
17,126
6,557
38.3
5,194
30.3
1,363
20.8
10,568
17,098
6,547
38.3
5,188
30.3
1,359
20.8
10,551
17,090
6,610
38.7
5,184
30.3
1,427
21.6
10,480
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .....................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
Persons who currently want a job ...............................
Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .....................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .....................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .....................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .....................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .....................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted 1
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, and age
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
188,906
124,361
65.8
118,395
62.7
5,966
4.8
64,545
190,225
125,099
65.8
115,320
60.6
9,779
7.8
65,126
190,331
125,528
66.0
115,182
60.5
10,346
8.2
64,803
188,906
125,047
66.2
119,607
63.3
5,440
4.4
63,858
190,085
126,298
66.4
118,722
62.5
7,577
6.0
63,787
190,221
126,029
66.3
118,226
62.2
7,803
6.2
64,193
190,351
125,634
66.0
117,357
61.7
8,277
6.6
64,718
190,225
125,312
65.9
116,692
61.3
8,621
6.9
64,913
190,331
125,703
66.0
116,481
61.2
9,222
7.3
64,628
65,023
75.9
61,947
72.3
3,075
4.7
65,218
75.5
59,787
69.2
5,431
8.3
65,342
75.6
59,471
68.8
5,872
9.0
65,320
76.2
62,763
73.2
2,557
3.9
65,792
76.2
61,972
71.8
3,821
5.8
65,762
76.1
61,761
71.5
4,001
6.1
65,331
75.5
61,101
70.7
4,230
6.5
65,126
75.4
60,683
70.2
4,443
6.8
65,180
75.4
60,361
69.8
4,819
7.4
54,149
60.1
52,055
57.8
2,094
3.9
54,882
60.5
51,494
56.7
3,388
6.2
54,995
60.6
51,585
56.8
3,411
6.2
54,120
60.1
52,043
57.7
2,077
3.8
54,891
60.6
52,178
57.6
2,714
4.9
54,810
60.4
52,014
57.3
2,796
5.1
54,878
60.5
51,846
57.1
3,031
5.5
54,786
60.4
51,601
56.9
3,185
5.8
54,967
60.5
51,624
56.9
3,344
6.1
5,189
39.7
4,393
33.6
796
15.3
4,999
38.2
4,039
30.9
960
19.2
5,190
39.7
4,126
31.5
1,064
20.5
5,608
42.9
4,802
36.8
806
14.4
5,615
42.9
4,572
34.9
1,043
18.6
5,457
41.6
4,451
34.0
1,006
18.4
5,425
41.4
4,409
33.6
1,016
18.7
5,400
41.3
4,408
33.7
993
18.4
5,556
42.5
4,497
34.4
1,059
19.1
27,675
17,412
62.9
15,947
57.6
1,465
8.4
10,263
28,052
17,629
62.8
15,274
54.4
2,355
13.4
10,423
28,085
17,534
62.4
15,108
53.8
2,426
13.8
10,551
27,675
17,633
63.7
16,156
58.4
1,477
8.4
10,042
27,982
17,768
63.5
15,762
56.3
2,006
11.3
10,214
28,021
17,708
63.2
15,703
56.0
2,005
11.3
10,313
28,059
17,796
63.4
15,674
55.9
2,122
11.9
10,263
28,052
17,791
63.4
15,546
55.4
2,245
12.6
10,261
28,085
17,703
63.0
15,336
54.6
2,368
13.4
10,382
7,854
70.6
7,178
64.6
676
8.6
7,962
70.6
6,702
59.4
1,260
15.8
7,904
70.0
6,632
58.7
1,273
16.1
7,943
71.4
7,306
65.7
637
8.0
7,961
70.7
7,019
62.3
942
11.8
7,954
70.5
6,989
62.0
965
12.1
7,999
70.8
6,930
61.4
1,069
13.4
7,979
70.7
6,850
60.7
1,129
14.1
7,949
70.4
6,762
59.9
1,187
14.9
8,805
63.4
8,238
59.3
566
6.4
8,957
63.6
8,121
57.7
836
9.3
8,944
63.4
8,052
57.1
891
10.0
8,862
63.8
8,285
59.6
577
6.5
9,016
64.2
8,213
58.5
804
8.9
9,069
64.5
8,249
58.7
820
9.0
9,060
64.4
8,256
58.7
804
8.9
9,022
64.1
8,194
58.2
828
9.2
9,006
63.9
8,115
57.6
890
9.9
753
28.3
531
19.9
222
29.5
710
26.4
451
16.7
259
36.5
686
25.5
424
15.8
262
38.2
828
31.1
565
21.2
264
31.8
790
29.4
531
19.8
260
32.9
685
25.5
464
17.3
221
32.2
736
27.4
488
18.1
248
33.7
790
29.4
502
18.6
288
36.5
749
27.8
459
17.0
290
38.8
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted 1
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, and age
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
10,712
7,159
66.8
6,942
64.8
217
3.0
3,553
10,745
7,023
65.4
6,588
61.3
435
6.2
3,722
10,753
7,086
65.9
6,597
61.4
489
6.9
3,667
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
2 Data not available.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in
table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population
controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted 1
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
31,732
21,628
68.2
20,146
63.5
1,482
6.9
10,105
32,417
21,868
67.5
19,453
60.0
2,415
11.0
10,549
32,501
22,044
67.8
19,388
59.7
2,657
12.1
10,457
31,732
21,764
68.6
20,395
64.3
1,369
6.3
9,968
32,465
22,187
68.3
20,232
62.3
1,955
8.8
10,278
32,558
22,074
67.8
20,168
61.9
1,906
8.6
10,484
32,649
22,134
67.8
20,096
61.6
2,038
9.2
10,515
32,417
21,931
67.7
19,800
61.1
2,132
9.7
10,486
32,501
22,100
68.0
19,684
60.6
2,416
10.9
10,401
12,428
84.1
11,625
78.7
804
6.5
12,524
83.1
11,146
73.9
1,378
11.0
12,557
83.1
11,027
72.9
1,530
12.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
8,093
58.0
7,620
54.6
472
5.8
8,366
58.7
7,566
53.1
800
9.6
8,438
59.0
7,578
53.0
860
10.2
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
1,107
37.0
901
30.1
205
18.6
978
31.7
741
24.0
238
24.3
1,050
34.0
782
25.3
267
25.5
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population .................................
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Not in labor force ..........................................................
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force ........................................................
Participation rate .......................................................
Employed ....................................................................
Employment-population ratio ....................................
Unemployed ...............................................................
Unemployment rate ..................................................
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
2 Data not available.
NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of
any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of
January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Educational attainment
Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
11,898
45.5
10,878
41.6
1,020
8.6
12,192
46.6
10,437
39.9
1,755
14.4
11,898
46.1
10,097
39.2
1,801
15.1
12,112
46.3
11,221
42.9
891
7.4
12,390
48.3
11,106
43.3
1,284
10.4
12,185
47.2
10,899
42.2
1,286
10.6
12,108
46.4
10,793
41.4
1,315
10.9
12,024
45.9
10,577
40.4
1,446
12.0
11,955
46.4
10,445
40.5
1,510
12.6
38,002
62.5
35,954
59.1
2,048
5.4
39,009
62.9
35,394
57.1
3,616
9.3
38,497
62.3
34,791
56.3
3,706
9.6
38,064
62.6
36,287
59.7
1,777
4.7
38,428
62.6
35,939
58.5
2,489
6.5
38,271
62.3
35,643
58.1
2,628
6.9
38,656
62.5
35,683
57.6
2,972
7.7
38,675
62.4
35,599
57.4
3,075
8.0
38,463
62.2
35,270
57.1
3,193
8.3
36,237
71.6
34,766
68.7
1,471
4.1
36,366
71.4
33,870
66.5
2,496
6.9
37,267
71.9
34,421
66.4
2,846
7.6
36,379
71.9
35,007
69.2
1,372
3.8
36,820
71.5
34,867
67.7
1,954
5.3
37,120
71.6
35,077
67.7
2,043
5.5
37,049
72.0
34,969
68.0
2,080
5.6
36,693
72.0
34,433
67.6
2,260
6.2
37,362
72.1
34,738
67.1
2,624
7.0
45,339
78.3
44,405
76.7
934
2.1
45,132
77.6
43,269
74.4
1,863
4.1
45,078
77.7
43,190
74.5
1,888
4.2
45,244
78.1
44,311
76.5
933
2.1
45,454
77.7
44,044
75.3
1,410
3.1
45,232
77.7
43,794
75.3
1,438
3.2
45,182
77.9
43,517
75.0
1,665
3.7
45,208
77.8
43,474
74.8
1,735
3.8
45,027
77.6
43,177
74.4
1,850
4.1
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force ..........................................................
Participation rate .........................................................
Employed ......................................................................
Employment-population ratio ......................................
Unemployed .................................................................
Unemployment rate ....................................................
High school graduates, no college 1
Civilian labor force ..........................................................
Participation rate .........................................................
Employed ......................................................................
Employment-population ratio ......................................
Unemployed .................................................................
Unemployment rate ....................................................
Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force ..........................................................
Participation rate .........................................................
Employed ......................................................................
Employment-population ratio ......................................
Unemployed .................................................................
Unemployment rate ....................................................
Bachelor’s degree and higher 2
Civilian labor force ..........................................................
Participation rate .........................................................
Employed ......................................................................
Employment-population ratio ......................................
Unemployed .................................................................
Unemployment rate ....................................................
1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Category
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture and related industries ...................................
Wage and salary workers .............................................
Self-employed workers .................................................
Unpaid family workers ..................................................
1,999
1,173
808
18
1,988
1,106
860
22
1,961
1,126
817
18
2,208
1,311
865
(1)
2,177
1,313
827
(1)
2,206
1,267
915
(1)
2,191
1,264
925
(1)
2,149
1,233
903
(1)
2,148
1,244
875
(1)
Nonagricultural industries ...............................................
Wage and salary workers .............................................
Government ................................................................
Private industries ........................................................
Private households ...................................................
Other industries ........................................................
Self-employed workers .................................................
Unpaid family workers ..................................................
142,551
133,159
21,209
111,950
763
111,187
9,292
100
138,449
129,888
21,142
108,746
749
107,997
8,520
41
138,144
129,232
21,158
108,075
719
107,356
8,859
53
143,878
134,277
21,219
113,052
(1)
112,283
9,418
(1)
142,566
133,694
21,539
112,170
(1)
111,279
8,852
(1)
141,901
132,983
21,431
111,542
(1)
110,677
8,816
(1)
141,047
132,082
21,395
110,684
(1)
109,863
8,940
(1)
139,952
131,110
21,237
109,997
(1)
109,217
8,816
(1)
139,579
130,465
21,192
109,311
(1)
108,574
8,962
(1)
All industries:
Part time for economic reasons ..................................
Slack work or business conditions ...........................
Could only find part-time work .................................
Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................
5,114
3,534
1,260
19,847
8,829
6,909
1,593
19,051
9,170
7,067
1,827
19,296
4,890
3,294
1,241
19,317
6,848
4,953
1,514
19,083
7,323
5,399
1,585
18,886
8,038
6,020
1,617
18,922
7,839
5,766
1,667
18,864
8,626
6,443
1,764
18,855
Nonagricultural industries:
Part time for economic reasons ..................................
Slack work or business conditions ...........................
Could only find part-time work .................................
Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................
5,007
3,459
1,255
19,524
8,675
6,797
1,583
18,734
9,053
6,989
1,822
18,977
4,790
3,234
1,230
18,980
6,742
4,889
1,499
18,808
7,209
5,304
1,579
18,635
7,932
5,938
1,619
18,642
7,705
5,660
1,658
18,567
8,543
6,390
1,760
18,562
PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2
1 Data not available.
2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their
jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or
industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who
usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for
reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not
necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the
various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the
release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Selected employment indicators
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Characteristic
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Total, 16 years and over .................................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................................
16 to 17 years .............................................................
18 to 19 years .............................................................
20 years and over .........................................................
20 to 24 years .............................................................
25 years and over .......................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................
25 to 34 years .........................................................
35 to 44 years .........................................................
45 to 54 years .........................................................
55 years and over .....................................................
144,550
5,242
1,884
3,358
139,308
13,304
126,003
99,503
31,307
33,741
34,456
26,500
140,436
4,758
1,547
3,210
135,679
12,709
122,970
95,921
30,060
32,034
33,827
27,049
140,105
4,783
1,667
3,116
135,323
12,823
122,500
95,530
30,003
31,844
33,683
26,970
146,075
5,688
2,105
3,597
140,388
13,627
126,687
100,105
31,617
33,871
34,618
26,581
144,657
5,390
1,933
3,469
139,267
13,528
125,833
98,803
31,122
33,176
34,505
27,029
144,144
5,196
1,791
3,408
138,948
13,443
125,422
98,373
31,070
32,883
34,420
27,049
143,338
5,194
1,779
3,413
138,144
13,374
124,748
97,651
30,864
32,691
34,097
27,096
142,099
5,188
1,741
3,441
136,911
13,050
123,911
96,693
30,449
32,308
33,936
27,218
141,748
5,184
1,854
3,348
136,564
13,157
123,302
96,255
30,369
31,999
33,888
27,047
Men, 16 years and over ..................................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................................
16 to 17 years .............................................................
18 to 19 years .............................................................
20 years and over .........................................................
20 to 24 years .............................................................
25 years and over .......................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................
25 to 34 years .........................................................
35 to 44 years .........................................................
45 to 54 years .........................................................
55 years and over .....................................................
76,853
2,488
827
1,662
74,365
6,996
67,369
53,417
17,042
18,255
18,120
13,952
73,763
2,207
695
1,512
71,556
6,458
65,098
50,844
16,189
17,226
17,429
14,253
73,441
2,224
716
1,508
71,217
6,565
64,652
50,461
16,111
16,989
17,360
14,191
78,171
2,777
968
1,798
75,395
7,215
68,149
54,036
17,356
18,399
18,281
14,113
76,938
2,646
895
1,751
74,292
6,974
67,372
53,090
17,064
17,962
18,065
14,282
76,577
2,531
800
1,728
74,045
6,965
67,039
52,740
16,979
17,816
17,944
14,299
75,847
2,562
847
1,712
73,285
6,863
66,456
52,128
16,789
17,663
17,676
14,328
75,092
2,479
818
1,654
72,613
6,723
65,879
51,480
16,461
17,452
17,567
14,399
74,777
2,484
837
1,640
72,293
6,784
65,479
51,125
16,449
17,144
17,532
14,354
Women, 16 years and over ............................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................................
16 to 17 years .............................................................
18 to 19 years .............................................................
20 years and over .........................................................
20 to 24 years .............................................................
25 years and over .......................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................
25 to 34 years .........................................................
35 to 44 years .........................................................
45 to 54 years .........................................................
55 years and over .....................................................
67,696
2,754
1,058
1,696
64,943
6,308
58,634
46,086
14,265
15,486
16,336
12,548
66,674
2,551
853
1,699
64,123
6,250
57,872
45,077
13,871
14,808
16,398
12,795
66,664
2,559
951
1,607
64,106
6,258
57,848
45,069
13,892
14,854
16,322
12,778
67,904
2,911
1,137
1,799
64,993
6,412
58,538
46,070
14,261
15,472
16,337
12,468
67,720
2,744
1,038
1,718
64,975
6,553
58,460
45,713
14,058
15,215
16,440
12,747
67,567
2,665
990
1,680
64,902
6,478
58,383
45,634
14,091
15,067
16,476
12,750
67,491
2,632
932
1,701
64,860
6,510
58,292
45,523
14,075
15,027
16,421
12,769
67,007
2,709
923
1,787
64,298
6,327
58,032
45,213
13,988
14,856
16,369
12,819
66,970
2,699
1,017
1,708
64,271
6,372
57,823
45,131
13,920
14,855
16,356
12,693
45,949
35,727
9,051
44,425
35,325
8,751
44,248
35,550
8,705
46,146
35,720
(1)
45,787
35,590
(1)
45,610
35,649
(1)
45,182
35,632
(1)
44,712
35,375
(1)
44,502
35,563
(1)
119,452
25,098
113,815
26,621
112,947
27,158
121,374
24,688
119,304
25,452
118,413
25,577
116,865
26,250
115,794
26,200
114,853
26,590
7,610
5.3
7,258
5.2
7,676
5.5
7,607
5.2
7,551
5.2
7,410
5.1
7,352
5.1
7,441
5.2
7,626
5.4
AGE AND SEX
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present .........................................
Married women, spouse present ....................................
Women who maintain families ........................................
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers 2 .........................................................
Part-time workers 3 .........................................................
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders .................................................
Percent of total employed ...........................................
1 Data not available.
2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more
per week.
3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35
hours per week.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not
necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the
various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the
release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Characteristic
Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)
Unemployment rates 1
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Total, 16 years and over .................................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................................
16 to 17 years .............................................................
18 to 19 years .............................................................
20 years and over .........................................................
20 to 24 years .............................................................
25 years and over .......................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................
25 to 34 years .........................................................
35 to 44 years .........................................................
45 to 54 years .........................................................
55 years and over .....................................................
7,423
1,125
478
658
6,298
1,340
4,998
4,111
1,620
1,278
1,212
886
11,616
1,359
473
868
10,258
1,801
8,490
6,981
2,608
2,255
2,118
1,481
12,467
1,427
552
888
11,040
1,943
9,076
7,466
2,883
2,346
2,237
1,603
4.8
16.5
18.5
15.5
4.3
9.0
3.8
3.9
4.9
3.6
3.4
3.2
6.6
20.7
23.1
18.4
6.0
10.6
5.3
5.5
6.7
5.4
4.6
4.6
6.8
20.4
24.1
18.3
6.2
11.1
5.6
5.8
7.0
5.4
5.1
4.8
7.2
20.8
24.1
19.1
6.6
12.1
6.0
6.3
7.5
5.9
5.5
4.9
7.6
20.8
21.4
20.2
7.0
12.1
6.4
6.7
7.9
6.5
5.9
5.2
8.1
21.6
22.9
21.0
7.5
12.9
6.9
7.2
8.7
6.8
6.2
5.6
Men, 16 years and over ..................................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................................
16 to 17 years .............................................................
18 to 19 years .............................................................
20 years and over .........................................................
20 to 24 years .............................................................
25 years and over .......................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................
25 to 34 years .........................................................
35 to 44 years .........................................................
45 to 54 years .........................................................
55 years and over .....................................................
4,041
630
250
390
3,412
795
2,674
2,203
906
654
643
470
6,771
799
295
488
5,972
1,100
4,892
4,083
1,589
1,231
1,262
809
7,217
823
301
537
6,394
1,160
5,275
4,356
1,720
1,323
1,313
919
4.9
18.5
20.5
17.8
4.3
9.9
3.8
3.9
5.0
3.4
3.4
3.2
7.2
24.7
27.3
21.7
6.4
12.9
5.6
5.8
7.1
5.6
4.8
4.7
7.4
24.0
28.8
21.2
6.7
12.9
5.9
6.1
7.5
5.4
5.6
5.1
7.9
23.3
27.0
21.5
7.2
14.2
6.4
6.7
8.3
5.9
6.1
5.1
8.3
24.4
26.5
22.8
7.6
14.1
6.9
7.3
8.8
6.6
6.7
5.3
8.8
24.9
26.5
24.7
8.1
14.6
7.5
7.9
9.5
7.2
7.0
6.0
Women, 16 years and over ............................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................................
16 to 17 years .............................................................
18 to 19 years .............................................................
20 years and over .........................................................
20 to 24 years .............................................................
25 years and over .......................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................
25 to 34 years .........................................................
35 to 44 years .........................................................
45 to 54 years .........................................................
55 years and over 2 ..................................................
3,382
496
229
268
2,886
545
2,324
1,908
715
624
569
432
4,845
559
178
380
4,286
701
3,598
2,898
1,018
1,024
856
729
5,250
604
250
351
4,646
783
3,801
3,110
1,163
1,023
924
717
4.7
14.5
16.7
13.0
4.3
7.8
3.8
4.0
4.8
3.9
3.4
3.3
5.9
16.5
19.2
14.7
5.4
8.1
5.1
5.2
6.3
5.2
4.4
4.3
6.1
16.7
19.7
15.1
5.6
9.2
5.2
5.4
6.4
5.4
4.6
4.3
6.4
18.2
21.2
16.6
5.9
9.8
5.4
5.7
6.5
5.8
4.9
4.3
6.7
17.1
16.2
17.5
6.2
10.0
5.8
6.0
6.8
6.4
5.0
5.4
7.3
18.3
19.8
17.0
6.7
10.9
6.2
6.4
7.7
6.4
5.3
5.3
1,281
1,134
655
2,330
1,750
1,010
2,574
1,918
1,003
2.7
3.1
6.7
4.1
4.2
8.8
4.2
4.3
9.3
4.4
4.5
9.5
5.0
4.7
10.3
5.5
5.1
10.3
6,112
1,297
10,057
1,646
10,839
1,635
4.8
5.0
6.8
5.7
7.0
5.8
7.5
5.9
8.0
5.9
8.6
5.8
AGE AND SEX
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present .........................................
Married women, spouse present ....................................
Women who maintain families 2 .....................................
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers 3 .........................................................
Part-time workers 4 .........................................................
1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
2 Not seasonally adjusted.
3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to
work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs.
4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to
work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not
necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the
various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the
release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Reason
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
4,471
1,351
3,120
2,204
916
802
2,139
542
8,633
2,251
6,382
4,923
1,460
920
2,791
665
9,098
2,052
7,047
5,466
1,581
841
2,929
830
3,865
982
2,883
1
( )
(1)
780
2,096
660
5,811
1,367
4,443
(1)
(1)
946
2,650
825
6,156
1,413
4,744
(1)
(1)
940
2,655
760
6,471
1,524
4,946
(1)
(1)
1,007
2,777
829
6,980
1,441
5,539
(1)
(1)
917
2,751
780
7,696
1,488
6,208
(1)
(1)
820
2,834
1,005
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
56.2
17.0
39.2
10.1
26.9
6.8
66.4
17.3
49.1
7.1
21.5
5.1
66.4
15.0
51.4
6.1
21.4
6.1
52.2
13.3
39.0
10.5
28.3
8.9
56.8
13.4
43.4
9.2
25.9
8.1
58.6
13.4
45.1
8.9
25.3
7.2
58.4
13.8
44.6
9.1
25.1
7.5
61.1
12.6
48.5
8.0
24.1
6.8
62.3
12.0
50.2
6.6
22.9
8.1
2.9
.5
1.4
.4
5.6
.6
1.8
.4
5.9
.5
1.9
.5
2.5
.5
1.4
.4
3.8
.6
1.7
.5
4.0
.6
1.7
.5
4.2
.7
1.8
.5
4.5
.6
1.8
.5
5.0
.5
1.8
.7
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs
On temporary layoff ....................................................
Not on temporary layoff ..............................................
Permanent job losers ..............................................
Persons who completed temporary jobs ................
Job leavers .....................................................................
Reentrants ......................................................................
New entrants ..................................................................
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed ...........................................................
Job losers and persons who completed temporary
jobs .............................................................................
On temporary layoff ..................................................
Not on temporary layoff ............................................
Job leavers ...................................................................
Reentrants ....................................................................
New entrants ................................................................
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary
jobs .............................................................................
Job leavers ...................................................................
Reentrants ....................................................................
New entrants ................................................................
1 Data not available.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Duration
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Less than 5 weeks ..............................................................................
5 to 14 weeks .....................................................................................
15 weeks and over .............................................................................
15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................
27 weeks and over ..........................................................................
2,530
2,854
2,570
1,212
1,358
4,137
4,044
4,828
2,086
2,742
3,247
4,778
5,673
2,611
3,063
2,661
2,419
2,400
1,103
1,297
3,108
3,055
4,109
1,834
2,275
3,255
3,141
3,964
1,757
2,207
3,267
3,398
4,517
1,927
2,591
3,658
3,519
4,634
1,987
2,647
3,404
3,969
5,264
2,347
2,917
Average (mean) duration, in weeks ....................................................
Median duration, in weeks ..................................................................
16.8
8.9
18.8
10.0
19.9
11.7
16.6
8.4
19.8
10.6
18.9
10.0
19.7
10.6
19.8
10.3
19.8
11.0
100.0
31.8
35.9
32.3
15.2
17.1
100.0
31.8
31.1
37.1
16.0
21.1
100.0
23.7
34.9
41.4
19.1
22.4
100.0
35.6
32.3
32.1
14.7
17.3
100.0
30.3
29.7
40.0
17.9
22.1
100.0
31.4
30.3
38.3
17.0
21.3
100.0
29.2
30.4
40.4
17.2
23.2
100.0
31.0
29.8
39.2
16.8
22.4
100.0
26.9
31.4
41.7
18.6
23.1
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed ...............................................................................
Less than 5 weeks ............................................................................
5 to 14 weeks ...................................................................................
15 weeks and over ...........................................................................
15 to 26 weeks ...............................................................................
27 weeks and over .........................................................................
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Employed
Unemployed
Occupation
Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................
Management, professional, and related occupations .............
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations ................................................................................
Professional and related occupations ......................................
Service occupations .......................................................................
Sales and office occupations .......................................................
Sales and related occupations ..................................................
Office and administrative support occupations ......................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations ....................................................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations .............................
Construction and extraction occupations ................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations ....................................................................................
Production occupations ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .................
Feb.
2008
Feb.
2009
Unemployment
rates
Feb.
2008
Feb.
2009
144,550
52,498
140,105
52,196
7,953
1,159
13,699
2,137
5.2
2.2
8.9
3.9
21,732
30,766
23,493
35,849
16,439
19,410
21,668
30,528
24,110
34,161
15,676
18,485
503
656
1,694
1,790
896
894
1,018
1,119
2,415
2,983
1,438
1,545
2.3
2.1
6.7
4.8
5.2
4.4
4.5
3.5
9.1
8.0
8.4
7.7
14,653
931
8,674
5,049
13,191
821
7,328
5,041
1,473
128
1,150
196
2,845
238
2,163
445
9.1
12.1
11.7
3.7
17.7
22.5
22.8
8.1
18,057
9,209
8,848
16,448
7,868
8,580
1,280
595
685
2,469
1,246
1,223
6.6
6.1
7.2
13.1
13.7
12.5
1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Feb.
2008
Feb.
2009
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed
persons
(in thousands)
Industry and class of worker
Feb.
2008
Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ....................
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction .........................
Construction ..................................................................................
Manufacturing ...............................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods .....................................................................
Wholesale and retail trade .........................................................
Transportation and utilities .........................................................
Information .....................................................................................
Financial activities ........................................................................
Professional and business services .........................................
Education and health services ..................................................
Leisure and hospitality ................................................................
Other services ...............................................................................
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ......
Government workers .....................................................................
Self employed and unpaid family workers .................................
Unemployment
rates
Feb.
2009
7,953
6,564
16
1,118
820
481
339
1,007
289
193
323
866
562
1,056
313
135
372
340
Feb.
2008
13,699
11,469
63
2,025
1,822
1,219
603
1,847
563
224
637
1,512
847
1,477
453
251
563
586
Feb.
2009
5.2
5.5
2.2
11.4
5.0
4.6
5.7
4.9
4.6
5.8
3.4
6.2
2.9
8.5
5.1
10.9
1.7
3.2
8.9
9.6
7.6
21.4
11.5
11.9
10.8
8.9
9.1
7.1
6.7
10.8
4.1
11.4
7.3
18.8
2.6
5.7
1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2009 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2007
Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification
System. No historical data have been revised.
Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
(Percent)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Measure
Feb.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009
Feb.
2009
U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the
civilian labor force .....................................................................
1.7
3.1
3.7
1.6
2.7
2.6
2.9
3.0
3.4
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a
percent of the civilian labor force ..............................................
2.9
5.6
5.9
2.5
3.8
4.0
4.2
4.5
5.0
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force
(official unemployment rate) .................................................
5.2
8.5
8.9
4.8
6.6
6.8
7.2
7.6
8.1
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the
civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ...........................
5.5
8.9
9.3
5.1
6.9
7.1
7.6
8.0
8.5
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other
marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor
force plus all marginally attached workers ................................
6.2
9.7
10.1
5.8
7.6
7.9
8.3
8.8
9.3
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus
total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent
of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers
9.5
15.4
16.0
9.0
12.0
12.6
13.5
13.9
14.8
NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither
working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job
and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a
subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not
looking currently for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are
those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a
part-time schedule. For more information, see "BLS introduces new range of
alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly
Labor Review. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the
release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Total
Men
Women
Category
Feb.
2008
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Feb.
2009
Feb.
2008
Feb.
2009
80,306
4,689
1,585
81,109
5,588
2,051
31,081
2,073
775
31,707
2,633
1,051
49,225
2,616
810
49,401
2,956
1,000
396
1,189
731
1,320
248
527
450
601
148
662
281
719
Total multiple jobholders 4 ..................................................................
Percent of total employed ...............................................................
7,610
5.3
7,676
5.5
3,682
4.8
3,703
5.0
3,928
5.8
3,973
6.0
Primary job full time, secondary job part time .................................
Primary and secondary jobs both part time ....................................
Primary and secondary jobs both full time ......................................
Hours vary on primary or secondary job .........................................
4,157
1,792
255
1,371
4,054
1,886
235
1,437
2,256
529
166
713
2,107
628
154
777
1,901
1,263
89
658
1,947
1,258
80
660
NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
Total not in the labor force ..................................................................
Persons who currently want a job ......................................................
Marginally attached to the labor force 1 ........................................
Reason not currently looking:
Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................
Reasons other than discouragement 3 .................................
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training,
employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as
well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of
January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Feb.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2009p
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Change
from:
Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p
Total nonfarm ............................. 136,356 135,917 132,347 132,099 137,936 136,352 135,755 135,074 134,419 133,768
-651
Total private ........................................ 113,620 113,023 109,882 109,234 115,515 113,813 113,212 112,542 111,856 111,196
-660
Goods-producing ............................................
21,292
20,469
19,586
19,262
21,887
21,063
20,814
20,532
20,153
19,877
-276
Mining and logging ...................................................
Logging ...........................................................
Mining ....................................................................
Oil and gas extraction ........................................
Mining, except oil and gas 1.................................
Coal mining ......................................................
Support activities for mining ..............................
731
56.5
674.3
153.5
212.1
77.0
308.7
786
56.1
730.3
169.3
225.0
85.1
336.0
766
54.8
710.7
168.7
216.2
84.5
325.8
759
56.1
702.5
167.6
212.7
83.9
322.2
750
58.2
691.7
154.9
223.7
77.6
313.1
794
56.6
737.7
166.5
230.5
83.1
340.7
793
56.6
736.8
167.4
230.7
84.3
338.7
789
55.7
733.3
169.4
229.2
84.5
334.7
785
56.4
728.9
168.7
228.1
85.0
332.1
781
56.8
724.2
169.1
226.1
84.7
329.0
-4
.4
-4.7
.4
-2.0
-.3
-3.1
Construction .............................................................
Construction of buildings ...................................
Residential building .........................................
Nonresidential building ....................................
Heavy and civil engineering construction ........
Specialty trade contractors ...............................
Residential specialty trade contractors ...........
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors .....
6,983
1,639.3
830.5
808.8
890.5
4,453.4
1,992.8
2,460.6
6,739
1,571.6
772.4
799.2
897.0
4,270.1
1,851.1
2,419.0
6,298
1,472.2
717.5
754.7
822.7
4,002.7
1,728.5
2,274.2
6,150
1,429.5
695.8
733.7
816.9
3,903.9
1,688.0
2,215.9
7,445
1,716.5
873.8
842.7
997.3
4,731.4
2,124.3
2,607.1
7,066
1,609.9
795.6
814.3
952.6
4,503.9
1,975.5
2,528.4
6,939
1,588.4
781.7
806.7
942.5
4,408.5
1,921.6
2,486.9
6,841
1,572.9
769.4
803.5
933.2
4,335.2
1,883.6
2,451.6
6,723
1,535.1
753.9
781.2
929.0
4,258.7
1,841.8
2,416.9
6,619
1,502.7
738.3
764.4
923.8
4,192.0
1,806.3
2,385.7
-104
-32.4
-15.6
-16.8
-5.2
-66.7
-35.5
-31.2
Manufacturing ...........................................................
Production workers .......................................
13,578
9,787
12,944
9,202
12,522
8,857
12,353
8,729
13,692
9,886
13,203
9,425
13,082
9,322
12,902
9,174
12,645
8,959
12,477
8,827
-168
-132
Durable goods .......................................................
Production workers .......................................
Wood products ...................................................
Nonmetallic mineral products ............................
Primary metals ....................................................
Fabricated metal products .................................
Machinery ...........................................................
Computer and electronic products 1....................
Computer and peripheral equipment .............
Communications equipment ...........................
Semiconductors and electronic components .
Electronic instruments .....................................
Electrical equipment and appliances ................
Transportation equipment 1..................................
Motor vehicles and parts 2.................................
Furniture and related products ..........................
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................
8,615
6,124
474.3
466.1
451.0
1,549.5
1,186.9
1,250.9
183.2
127.3
437.0
440.0
425.5
1,675.6
944.4
501.5
634.1
8,126
5,663
416.3
436.6
421.4
1,467.8
1,159.2
1,227.9
180.7
129.4
419.4
438.1
412.8
1,518.5
797.0
441.2
623.8
7,811
5,409
392.6
414.8
410.6
1,418.6
1,123.0
1,212.7
179.9
130.9
410.0
433.4
406.1
1,399.9
689.1
424.4
607.9
7,685
5,315
374.4
404.3
392.2
1,388.7
1,093.9
1,196.9
175.7
130.2
402.6
431.1
399.8
1,419.6
713.6
413.1
602.5
8,673
6,176
486.2
484.2
450.8
1,558.6
1,190.5
1,254.7
184.0
127.5
439.2
440.1
427.9
1,676.7
945.2
507.3
636.4
8,300
5,805
438.8
458.2
438.6
1,505.0
1,179.3
1,239.8
182.4
128.6
428.4
440.2
421.3
1,531.3
829.7
458.8
628.5
8,216
5,741
429.8
450.1
429.8
1,486.3
1,162.7
1,233.3
181.8
129.5
423.2
438.8
417.5
1,532.5
809.6
449.6
624.2
8,085
5,633
416.2
441.2
419.6
1,461.5
1,150.2
1,223.7
180.0
129.1
417.4
437.5
412.0
1,501.8
781.5
440.6
618.4
7,879
5,462
400.6
433.5
407.9
1,424.4
1,125.2
1,213.3
180.4
129.6
410.5
433.9
407.4
1,425.5
712.5
428.9
612.0
7,747
5,358
385.6
423.5
392.7
1,396.9
1,099.9
1,200.2
177.3
129.4
403.9
431.9
402.9
1,420.4
711.3
417.5
606.9
-132
-104
-15.0
-10.0
-15.2
-27.5
-25.3
-13.1
-3.1
-.2
-6.6
-2.0
-4.5
-5.1
-1.2
-11.4
-5.1
Nondurable goods .................................................
4,963
Production workers .......................................
3,663
Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,462.6
Beverages and tobacco products ......................
191.5
Textile mills .........................................................
160.1
Textile product mills ...........................................
149.8
Apparel ................................................................
203.1
Leather and allied products ...............................
33.0
Paper and paper products .................................
448.9
Printing and related support activities ...............
603.8
Petroleum and coal products .............................
112.5
Chemicals ...........................................................
852.7
Plastics and rubber products .............................
744.7
4,818
3,539
1,482.6
193.1
136.0
142.2
181.7
32.7
434.6
569.9
114.0
836.7
694.9
4,711
3,448
1,449.0
189.2
133.7
137.6
173.8
32.4
427.1
555.7
109.8
828.7
673.6
4,668
3,414
1,441.0
185.0
130.1
133.5
175.8
31.1
419.5
548.3
110.5
828.4
665.2
5,019
3,710
1,489.7
196.7
161.2
150.7
205.7
33.2
451.0
608.2
116.4
855.8
750.1
4,903
3,620
1,484.7
197.2
145.6
144.5
192.8
33.9
439.7
582.3
117.8
843.4
721.1
4,866
3,581
1,489.0
196.4
140.6
143.5
187.1
32.6
437.1
574.1
117.2
842.6
705.9
4,817
3,541
1,477.6
195.8
136.8
141.2
183.5
32.6
433.4
567.0
116.9
837.1
694.9
4,766
3,497
1,472.7
194.0
134.0
138.6
179.6
32.4
427.7
559.2
114.2
833.6
680.1
4,730
3,469
1,469.9
191.0
131.2
136.2
178.7
31.7
422.6
552.7
114.7
831.7
669.9
-36
-28
-2.8
-3.0
-2.8
-2.4
-.9
-.7
-5.1
-6.5
.5
-1.9
-10.2
See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
Continued
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Feb.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2009p
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Service-providing .............................................. 115,064 115,448 112,761 112,837 116,049 115,289 114,941 114,542 114,266 113,891
Change
from:
Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p
-375
Private service-providing ...............................
92,328
92,554
90,296
89,972
93,628
92,750
92,398
92,010
91,703
91,319
-384
Trade, transportation, and utilities ...........................
26,246
26,475
25,536
25,199
26,655
26,157
26,005
25,843
25,739
25,615
-124
Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,969.2
Durable goods .................................................... 3,080.9
Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,041.5
Electronic markets and agents and brokers .....
846.8
5,864.1
2,986.0
2,028.2
849.9
5,771.2
2,942.7
1,984.1
844.4
5,728.2
2,905.6
1,982.4
840.2
6,021.2
3,101.0
2,067.9
852.3
5,920.1
3,026.1
2,040.5
853.5
5,890.3
3,004.9
2,033.6
851.8
5,850.7
2,978.6
2,025.1
847.0
5,819.3
2,957.8
2,013.5
848.0
5,782.3
2,926.4
2,011.1
844.8
-37.0
-31.4
-2.4
-3.2
Retail trade ............................................................ 15,225.6 15,594.7 14,878.7 14,659.1 15,526.1 15,216.8 15,126.0 15,037.9 14,999.4 14,959.9
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,867.2 1,728.7 1,695.0 1,688.0 1,894.6 1,792.7 1,770.5 1,745.6 1,731.6 1,718.3
Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,217.2 1,090.3 1,070.5 1,066.2 1,229.8 1,141.7 1,121.2 1,099.9 1,089.2 1,080.2
Furniture and home furnishings stores .............
552.1
539.0
510.3
493.2
558.5
532.4
522.6
514.2
506.8
498.6
Electronics and appliance stores .......................
547.1
561.3
538.4
535.1
551.2
545.1
541.5
538.6
540.3
542.1
Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,217.8 1,196.7 1,161.1 1,157.4 1,271.9 1,245.9 1,235.8 1,227.8 1,217.6 1,211.1
Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,846.3 2,867.1 2,821.6 2,804.1 2,872.0 2,851.9 2,843.5 2,835.1 2,834.1 2,826.9
Health and personal care stores ....................... 1,002.5 1,009.4
985.7
981.1 1,006.7
995.9
989.4
991.2
985.3
986.1
Gasoline stations ................................................
843.0
833.1
824.1
821.2
854.6
836.1
836.9
834.4
833.0
832.4
Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,434.7 1,592.9 1,443.2 1,391.6 1,497.7 1,471.5 1,462.2 1,448.5 1,449.3 1,449.4
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music
stores ................................................................
649.6
682.9
635.2
597.4
660.0
641.2
633.1
624.3
620.3
611.7
General merchandise stores 1............................. 2,984.4 3,271.8 3,033.4 2,971.0 3,058.1 3,025.5 3,024.5 3,029.2 3,038.7 3,046.4
Department stores .......................................... 1,540.3 1,700.6 1,540.8 1,496.4 1,588.2 1,523.9 1,517.5 1,521.2 1,531.8 1,541.1
Miscellaneous store retailers .............................
842.7
851.2
804.3
803.8
857.0
845.0
838.3
825.0
820.0
817.5
Nonstore retailers ...............................................
438.2
460.6
426.4
415.2
443.8
433.6
427.7
424.0
422.4
419.4
-39.5
-13.3
-9.0
-8.2
1.8
-6.5
-7.2
.8
-.6
.1
Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,497.6
Air transportation ................................................
501.8
Rail transportation ..............................................
229.8
Water transportation ...........................................
63.2
Truck transportation ........................................... 1,376.8
Transit and ground passenger transportation ...
432.5
Pipeline transportation .......................................
40.4
Scenic and sightseeing transportation ..............
22.0
Support activities for transportation ...................
587.3
Couriers and messengers ..................................
575.8
Warehousing and storage ..................................
668.0
-8.6
7.7
9.3
-2.5
-3.0
4,452.8
476.5
225.9
59.1
1,347.9
425.2
43.4
23.2
581.8
601.3
668.5
4,318.2
472.8
225.9
58.0
1,294.2
418.4
42.9
20.8
565.4
564.7
655.1
4,244.1
471.3
225.9
57.6
1,244.8
418.3
42.9
20.1
558.7
558.6
645.9
4,551.6
506.2
231.4
66.7
1,411.9
419.9
40.6
28.9
590.9
581.2
673.9
4,456.9
482.1
229.5
63.9
1,370.3
413.8
43.3
27.1
588.0
570.5
668.4
4,424.4
481.6
229.0
62.6
1,358.0
411.7
43.2
27.2
582.2
565.7
663.2
4,389.9
477.8
226.8
60.3
1,340.8
410.1
43.3
27.2
579.5
564.6
659.5
4,351.3
476.8
227.5
59.9
1,316.0
408.4
43.2
26.9
571.7
564.2
656.7
4,302.4
474.8
227.1
61.5
1,282.6
406.6
43.3
26.6
562.4
564.8
652.7
-48.9
-2.0
-.4
1.6
-33.4
-1.8
.1
-.3
-9.3
.6
-4.0
553.2
563.7
567.8
567.5
556.4
562.8
564.0
564.6
568.8
569.9
1.1
Information ................................................................
3,014
Publishing industries, except Internet ...............
894.5
Motion picture and sound recording industries .
372.8
Broadcasting, except Internet ............................
318.5
Telecommunications .......................................... 1,030.1
Data processing, hosting and related services .
265.4
Other information services .................................
132.7
2,954
862.2
380.3
310.8
1,007.5
256.7
136.5
2,899
842.9
361.4
304.7
1,003.4
252.0
134.7
2,890
836.7
370.7
301.1
993.4
252.7
135.6
3,025
895.7
381.9
319.3
1,029.3
265.6
133.1
2,982
872.6
388.7
312.9
1,014.5
258.9
134.1
2,965
863.6
385.0
313.1
1,010.2
257.5
135.1
2,940
857.8
377.2
308.1
1,004.0
256.4
136.5
2,921
848.4
373.3
307.0
999.6
256.6
136.0
2,906
839.1
379.8
303.7
992.3
254.6
136.0
-15
-9.3
6.5
-3.3
-7.3
-2.0
.0
Financial activities ....................................................
Finance and insurance ..........................................
Monetary authorities - central bank ...................
Credit intermediation and related activities 1.......
Depository credit intermediation 1.....................
Commercial banking ....................................
Securities, commodity contracts, investments ..
Insurance carriers and related activities ...........
Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........
Real estate and rental and leasing .......................
Real estate ..........................................................
Rental and leasing services ...............................
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets .........
8,009
5,926.5
21.1
2,679.2
1,805.4
1,351.1
840.8
2,294.5
90.9
2,082.9
1,460.4
594.0
28.5
7,899
5,874.0
20.8
2,661.0
1,799.1
1,346.7
821.7
2,280.3
90.2
2,024.8
1,417.6
579.2
28.0
7,859
5,854.0
20.8
2,653.6
1,792.9
1,341.7
815.3
2,276.5
87.8
2,005.4
1,405.6
571.8
28.0
8,211
6,059.3
22.3
2,775.6
1,826.3
1,362.0
864.4
2,307.2
89.8
2,151.3
1,491.2
631.7
28.4
8,088
5,978.7
22.1
2,706.4
1,811.1
1,356.0
847.8
2,311.0
91.4
2,109.0
1,471.2
609.7
28.1
8,043
5,948.7
21.5
2,692.8
1,806.9
1,352.7
842.1
2,300.9
91.4
2,093.8
1,461.7
603.8
28.3
8,010
5,924.0
21.3
2,680.8
1,804.9
1,351.8
839.9
2,292.0
90.0
2,085.8
1,458.2
599.3
28.3
7,958
5,891.1
21.1
2,667.7
1,800.4
1,348.5
824.1
2,288.2
90.0
2,066.6
1,446.0
592.3
28.3
7,914
5,863.9
21.0
2,657.2
1,796.9
1,345.8
816.0
2,282.0
87.7
2,050.2
1,434.6
587.4
28.2
-44
-27.2
-.1
-10.5
-3.5
-2.7
-8.1
-6.2
-2.3
-16.4
-11.4
-4.9
-.1
Utilities ...................................................................
See footnotes at the end of table.
8,163
6,053.8
22.4
2,776.3
1,824.3
1,360.1
863.3
2,301.9
89.9
2,108.7
1,463.7
617.0
28.0
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
Continued
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Change
from:
Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p
Industry
Feb.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Professional and business services ........................
Professional and technical services 1.....................
Legal services ..................................................
Accounting and bookkeeping services ...........
Architectural and engineering services ..........
Computer systems design and related
services ..........................................................
Management and technical consulting
services ..........................................................
Management of companies and enterprises .......
Administrative and waste services .......................
Administrative and support services 1.................
Employment services 1......................................
Temporary help services .............................
Business support services ..............................
Services to buildings and dwellings ...............
Waste management and remediation services
17,695
7,897.5
1,163.1
1,099.2
1,430.5
17,406
7,840.8
1,160.5
951.3
1,417.0
16,899
7,784.5
1,143.8
1,019.3
1,391.0
16,746
7,790.9
1,140.1
1,063.2
1,371.4
18,018
7,823.1
1,171.2
958.7
1,453.6
17,612
7,844.0
1,160.2
946.4
1,437.1
17,488
7,827.7
1,157.7
941.0
1,428.6
17,356
7,797.2
1,156.8
933.7
1,419.4
17,222
7,763.5
1,154.4
923.2
1,413.3
17,042
7,726.8
1,150.2
920.8
1,397.3
-180
-36.7
-4.2
-2.4
-16.0
1,424.9
1,475.1
1,460.5
1,457.2
1,429.9
1,466.1
1,467.9
1,466.8
1,463.6
1,463.3
-.3
982.5
1,892.7
7,904.8
7,555.3
3,173.8
2,358.7
833.3
1,688.5
349.5
1,030.0
1,875.7
7,689.5
7,328.7
2,887.8
2,105.7
833.8
1,745.4
360.8
1,012.0
1,871.3
7,242.9
6,884.2
2,575.1
1,842.1
813.6
1,658.1
358.7
1,008.2
1,856.7
7,098.4
6,746.4
2,499.9
1,777.2
804.8
1,630.0
352.0
993.1
1,905.9
8,289.3
7,933.2
3,370.7
2,520.3
829.9
1,858.0
356.1
1,022.9
1,882.8
7,884.8
7,522.0
2,987.7
2,218.9
820.8
1,837.4
362.8
1,024.9
1,882.0
7,778.3
7,414.2
2,896.7
2,128.5
823.7
1,829.4
364.1
1,020.5
1,872.1
7,686.3
7,324.4
2,829.5
2,055.6
816.0
1,818.1
361.9
1,026.6
1,875.8
7,582.7
7,219.2
2,734.9
1,975.6
816.9
1,816.8
363.5
1,021.8
1,869.3
7,446.3
7,085.5
2,647.4
1,897.9
804.6
1,799.4
360.8
-4.8
-6.5
-136.4
-133.7
-87.5
-77.7
-12.3
-17.4
-2.7
Education and health services ................................ 18,757 19,242 19,008 19,224 18,657 18,981 19,044 19,080 19,123 19,149
Educational services ............................................. 3,137.1 3,186.1 3,010.0 3,198.1 3,000.1 3,047.3 3,066.0 3,063.1 3,083.4 3,079.2
Health care and social assistance ........................ 15,619.7 16,055.9 15,997.7 16,026.3 15,657.0 15,934.1 15,977.8 16,017.0 16,039.8 16,070.2
Health care 3......................................................... 13,127.3 13,502.4 13,456.3 13,475.1 13,171.7 13,401.2 13,442.4 13,475.9 13,496.1 13,523.0
Ambulatory health care services 1.................... 5,568.8 5,758.0 5,733.7 5,750.0 5,588.9 5,706.1 5,727.7 5,742.6 5,755.2 5,771.5
Offices of physicians .................................... 2,234.7 2,304.9 2,296.4 2,301.5 2,241.2 2,283.3 2,289.8 2,294.5 2,302.1 2,308.4
Outpatient care centers ................................
525.7
537.1
536.0
537.1
526.4
536.6
536.9
536.7
537.8
538.5
Home health care services ..........................
934.8
981.3
976.9
985.3
940.6
968.6
975.6
980.7
982.1
990.3
Hospitals .......................................................... 4,573.6 4,708.2 4,701.5 4,703.7 4,587.5 4,681.9 4,692.4 4,703.7 4,712.5 4,719.3
Nursing and residential care facilities 1............ 2,984.9 3,036.2 3,021.1 3,021.4 2,995.3 3,013.2 3,022.3 3,029.6 3,028.4 3,032.2
Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,610.6 1,621.2 1,612.3 1,611.0 1,616.0 1,611.0 1,614.5 1,617.3 1,615.8 1,616.2
Social assistance 1................................................ 2,492.4 2,553.5 2,541.4 2,551.2 2,485.3 2,532.9 2,535.4 2,541.1 2,543.7 2,547.2
Child day care services ...................................
869.6
875.5
871.3
875.9
859.7
862.3
863.2
864.3
865.6
866.0
26
-4.2
30.4
26.9
16.3
6.3
.7
8.2
6.8
3.8
.4
3.5
.4
Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,971 13,013 12,668 12,660 13,529 13,395 13,344 13,304 13,275 13,242
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,788.7 1,799.5 1,732.6 1,741.2 1,993.0 1,952.0 1,944.0 1,947.1 1,945.0 1,943.6
Performing arts and spectator sports ................
380.1
387.8
365.1
370.1
410.4
402.5
398.8
401.4
403.6
400.9
Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ......
119.6
123.8
119.3
118.6
132.0
129.6
130.6
130.8
130.9
131.5
Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,289.0 1,287.9 1,248.2 1,252.5 1,450.6 1,419.9 1,414.6 1,414.9 1,410.5 1,411.2
Accommodation and food services ...................... 11,182.3 11,213.3 10,935.1 10,918.3 11,535.9 11,442.7 11,399.6 11,356.5 11,329.9 11,297.9
Accommodation .................................................. 1,805.1 1,739.8 1,689.2 1,679.1 1,888.7 1,827.9 1,812.1 1,794.3 1,775.2 1,757.1
Food services and drinking places .................... 9,377.2 9,473.5 9,245.9 9,239.2 9,647.2 9,614.8 9,587.5 9,562.2 9,554.7 9,540.8
-33
-1.4
-2.7
.6
.7
-32.0
-18.1
-13.9
Other services ..........................................................
5,482
Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,234.8
Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,302.6
Membership associations and organizations .... 2,944.6
5,455
1,178.7
1,319.7
2,957.0
5,387
1,169.2
1,292.2
2,925.7
5,394
1,165.8
1,291.3
2,936.9
5,533
1,246.2
1,320.5
2,966.6
5,535
1,216.4
1,330.1
2,988.3
5,509
1,204.7
1,323.2
2,980.7
5,477
1,189.9
1,320.9
2,965.7
5,465
1,187.8
1,314.7
2,962.8
5,451
1,180.1
1,313.1
2,957.3
-14
-7.7
-1.6
-5.5
Government ..............................................................
Federal ...................................................................
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service .................
U.S. Postal Service ............................................
State government ..................................................
State government education ..............................
State government, excluding education ............
Local government ..................................................
Local government education .............................
Local government, excluding education ...........
22,894
2,782
2,044.9
737.1
5,297
2,497.0
2,800.1
14,815
8,395.1
6,419.5
22,465
2,779
2,042.3
736.5
5,119
2,321.2
2,797.6
14,567
8,177.0
6,389.8
22,865
2,780
2,057.9
722.0
5,302
2,510.8
2,791.5
14,783
8,400.2
6,382.4
22,421
2,746
1,984.7
761.2
5,153
2,334.4
2,818.3
14,522
8,069.7
6,451.8
22,539
2,775
2,043.5
731.9
5,194
2,372.8
2,820.7
14,570
8,071.6
6,498.3
22,543
2,783
2,052.4
730.1
5,197
2,380.3
2,816.4
14,563
8,067.6
6,495.6
22,532
2,778
2,057.3
720.9
5,196
2,381.3
2,814.8
14,558
8,060.5
6,497.7
22,563
2,794
2,065.7
728.4
5,193
2,383.9
2,809.1
14,576
8,075.2
6,500.8
22,572
2,794
2,069.9
724.5
5,190
2,386.4
2,803.9
14,588
8,088.6
6,499.0
9
0
4.2
-3.9
-3
2.5
-5.2
12
13.4
-1.8
1
22,736
2,723
1,968.7
754.6
5,269
2,461.2
2,808.2
14,744
8,395.0
6,349.4
Includes other industries, not shown separately.
Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor
vehicle parts.
2
3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing
and residential care facilities.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and
selected industry detail
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Seasonally adjusted
Change
from:
Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p
Feb.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Total private .......................................
33.4
33.2
32.9
33.3
33.8
33.5
33.4
33.3
33.3
33.3
0.0
Goods-producing ..........................................
39.8
39.4
38.8
38.7
40.5
39.8
39.5
39.4
39.3
39.2
-.1
Mining and logging .................................................
45.1
44.2
43.7
43.5
45.6
44.7
45.3
44.3
44.4
44.2
-.2
Construction ............................................................
37.5
37.3
37.1
37.0
38.8
38.3
37.7
38.0
37.9
38.1
.2
Manufacturing .........................................................
Overtime hours ............................................
40.7
3.8
40.3
3.2
39.5
2.6
39.2
2.5
41.2
4.1
40.4
3.5
40.2
3.2
39.9
2.9
39.8
2.8
39.6
2.6
-.2
-.2
Durable goods .....................................................
Overtime hours ............................................
41.0
3.9
40.5
3.1
39.5
2.5
39.3
2.3
41.5
4.2
40.6
3.4
40.4
3.1
40.0
2.8
39.8
2.6
39.7
2.4
-.1
-.2
Wood products ..................................................
Nonmetallic mineral products .........................
Primary metals ..................................................
Fabricated metal products ..............................
Machinery ..........................................................
Computer and electronic products ................
Electrical equipment and appliances ............
Transportation equipment ...............................
Motor vehicles and parts 2..............................
Furniture and related products .......................
Miscellaneous manufacturing .........................
37.9
40.7
42.4
41.3
42.8
40.1
40.6
42.7
42.5
37.7
38.5
36.7
40.5
40.8
40.7
41.6
41.2
40.7
41.6
40.7
37.8
38.5
35.7
38.9
40.3
39.7
40.8
40.4
39.3
40.3
38.2
37.2
38.3
36.3
38.9
39.5
39.3
40.6
40.4
38.5
40.4
38.2
36.8
37.8
39.1
42.3
42.7
41.8
43.0
40.5
41.1
43.0
42.7
38.3
38.8
38.1
41.8
41.4
40.8
41.8
40.8
40.4
41.3
40.6
37.4
38.9
37.6
40.9
40.9
40.8
41.4
41.3
40.2
40.9
40.0
37.2
38.5
36.8
40.9
40.5
40.3
41.1
40.4
39.7
40.9
39.9
37.3
38.3
37.0
40.2
40.3
39.9
40.9
40.7
39.4
40.5
38.6
37.5
38.4
37.3
40.2
39.8
39.6
40.7
40.6
38.7
40.4
38.3
37.3
38.2
.3
.0
-.5
-.3
-.2
-.1
-.7
-.1
-.3
-.2
-.2
Nondurable goods ...............................................
Overtime hours ............................................
40.1
3.6
40.0
3.3
39.3
2.9
39.1
2.7
40.6
3.9
40.2
3.6
39.9
3.4
39.7
3.1
39.7
3.1
39.4
2.9
-.3
-.2
Food manufacturing .........................................
Beverages and tobacco products ..................
Textile mills ........................................................
Textile product mills .........................................
Apparel ...............................................................
Leather and allied products ............................
Paper and paper products ..............................
Printing and related support activities ...........
Petroleum and coal products ..........................
Chemicals ..........................................................
Plastics and rubber products ..........................
39.8
39.0
38.5
39.1
36.7
37.9
43.3
38.2
42.8
41.3
40.9
40.2
36.4
37.3
37.7
36.1
35.4
42.6
38.5
44.6
41.3
40.5
39.7
36.3
36.7
36.6
35.3
33.4
41.4
37.4
44.9
40.9
39.8
39.3
36.1
35.9
36.5
35.1
32.3
41.2
37.1
45.2
41.1
39.2
40.7
39.9
38.9
39.4
36.7
38.2
43.9
38.2
43.9
41.4
41.3
40.3
38.1
38.4
37.9
36.3
36.9
42.2
38.3
45.2
41.5
40.6
39.9
37.9
37.7
37.9
36.2
34.4
42.1
38.2
44.4
41.3
40.6
39.8
36.7
37.0
37.1
36.0
34.7
41.9
38.0
45.3
41.1
40.0
40.0
37.1
37.1
36.9
35.7
33.9
41.7
37.7
45.2
41.2
39.9
39.9
36.8
36.4
36.7
35.4
32.8
41.7
37.3
45.3
41.1
39.4
-.1
-.3
-.7
-.2
-.3
-1.1
.0
-.4
.1
-.1
-.5
Private service-providing .............................
32.1
32.0
31.8
32.3
32.4
32.3
32.2
32.2
32.2
32.2
.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................
32.9
32.9
32.4
32.7
33.3
33.1
33.0
32.9
32.9
32.8
-.1
Wholesale trade ...................................................
37.9
37.7
37.7
38.1
38.2
38.2
38.1
37.8
38.1
38.0
-.1
Retail trade ...........................................................
29.7
29.9
29.1
29.5
30.2
29.9
29.8
29.7
29.7
29.7
.0
Transportation and warehousing ......................
36.2
36.5
35.5
35.5
36.7
36.3
36.1
36.2
36.0
35.7
-.3
Utilities ...................................................................
42.6
42.9
42.4
43.3
42.8
42.5
42.4
42.9
42.7
43.2
.5
Information ...............................................................
36.1
36.9
36.7
37.0
36.3
36.9
37.0
37.0
37.1
36.9
-.2
Financial activities ..................................................
35.6
35.7
35.9
36.8
35.8
35.9
36.1
35.9
36.2
36.2
.0
Professional and business services ....................
34.4
34.6
34.4
35.0
34.7
34.9
34.9
34.8
35.0
34.9
-.1
Education and health services .............................
32.5
32.3
32.3
32.4
32.6
32.5
32.4
32.4
32.4
32.3
-.1
Leisure and hospitality ...........................................
25.0
24.5
24.0
25.0
25.4
25.1
25.0
25.0
24.8
25.0
.2
Other services .........................................................
30.6
30.5
30.4
30.7
30.8
30.7
30.7
30.6
30.6
30.6
.0
1 Data
relate to production workers in mining and logging and manufacturing,
construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers
in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately
four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
2
Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor
vehicle parts.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and
selected industry detail
Average hourly earnings
Industry
Average weekly earnings
Feb.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Feb.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Total private .......................................
Seasonally adjusted .....................
$17.86
17.83
$18.40
18.40
$18.48
18.44
$18.55
18.47
$596.52
602.65
$610.88
612.72
$607.99
614.05
$617.72
615.05
Goods-producing ..........................................
18.96
19.75
19.64
19.64
754.61
778.15
762.03
760.07
Mining and logging .................................................
21.89
23.53
23.46
23.18
987.24
1,040.03
1,025.20
1,008.33
Construction ............................................................
21.35
22.52
22.32
22.20
800.63
840.00
828.07
821.40
Manufacturing .........................................................
17.57
18.06
18.02
18.11
715.10
727.82
711.79
709.91
Durable goods .....................................................
Wood products ..................................................
Nonmetallic mineral products .........................
Primary metals ..................................................
Fabricated metal products ..............................
Machinery ..........................................................
Computer and electronic products ................
Electrical equipment and appliances ............
Transportation equipment ...............................
Furniture and related products .......................
Miscellaneous manufacturing .........................
18.53
13.85
16.85
20.01
16.79
17.83
20.57
15.71
23.53
14.37
14.95
19.06
14.66
16.73
20.05
17.36
18.15
21.44
15.88
24.58
14.92
15.60
18.99
14.69
16.81
19.62
17.23
18.16
21.52
15.82
24.69
14.92
15.64
19.13
14.83
17.06
19.56
17.27
18.22
21.44
15.87
24.83
14.83
16.00
759.73
524.92
685.80
848.42
693.43
763.12
824.86
637.83
1,004.73
541.75
575.58
771.93
538.02
677.57
818.04
706.55
755.04
883.33
646.32
1,022.53
563.98
600.60
750.11
524.43
653.91
790.69
684.03
740.93
869.41
621.73
995.01
555.02
599.01
751.81
538.33
663.63
772.62
678.71
739.73
866.18
611.00
1,003.13
545.74
604.80
Nondurable goods ...............................................
Food manufacturing .........................................
Beverages and tobacco products ..................
Textile mills ........................................................
Textile product mills .........................................
Apparel ...............................................................
Leather and allied products ............................
Paper and paper products ..............................
Printing and related support activities ...........
Petroleum and coal products ..........................
Chemicals ..........................................................
Plastics and rubber products ..........................
15.93
13.77
19.78
13.35
11.61
11.46
12.68
18.64
16.48
26.35
19.36
15.60
16.43
14.26
19.95
13.80
11.72
11.38
13.47
19.11
17.01
28.17
19.72
16.24
16.49
14.34
20.08
13.90
11.61
11.45
14.10
19.28
16.80
29.13
19.79
16.23
16.50
14.27
20.29
13.68
11.59
11.41
14.33
19.05
16.76
29.76
20.01
16.24
638.79
548.05
771.42
513.98
453.95
420.58
480.57
807.11
629.54
1,127.78
799.57
638.04
657.20
573.25
726.18
514.74
441.84
410.82
476.84
814.09
654.89
1,256.38
814.44
657.72
648.06
569.30
728.90
510.13
424.93
404.19
470.94
798.19
628.32
1,307.94
809.41
645.95
645.15
560.81
732.47
491.11
423.04
400.49
462.86
784.86
621.80
1,345.15
822.41
636.61
Private service-providing .............................
17.59
18.09
18.22
18.31
564.64
578.88
579.40
591.41
Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................
16.05
16.14
16.38
16.45
528.05
531.01
530.71
537.92
Wholesale trade ...................................................
20.04
20.36
20.44
20.58
759.52
767.57
770.59
784.10
Retail trade ...........................................................
12.80
12.74
12.97
12.99
380.16
380.93
377.43
383.21
Transportation and warehousing ......................
18.12
18.62
18.70
18.77
655.94
679.63
663.85
666.34
Utilities ...................................................................
28.63
29.28
29.06
29.49
1,219.64
1,256.11
1,232.14
1,276.92
Information ...............................................................
24.48
24.86
25.01
24.95
883.73
917.33
917.87
923.15
Financial activities ..................................................
20.06
20.50
20.46
20.59
714.14
731.85
734.51
757.71
Professional and business services ....................
20.83
22.01
22.14
22.53
716.55
761.55
761.62
788.55
Education and health services .............................
18.57
19.23
19.26
19.25
603.53
621.13
622.10
623.70
Leisure and hospitality ...........................................
10.83
11.05
11.00
11.05
270.75
270.73
264.00
276.25
Other services .........................................................
15.78
16.27
16.35
16.32
482.87
496.24
497.04
501.02
1 See
p=
footnote 1, table B-2.
preliminary.
Feb.
2009p
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted
Percent
change from:
Jan. 2009- p
Feb. 2009
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Total private:
Current dollars ................................................
Constant (1982) dollars 2.................................
$17.83
8.28
$18.28
8.33
$18.34
8.54
$18.40
8.65
$18.44
8.64
$18.47
N.A.
0.2
Goods-producing ..........................................................
19.07
19.56
19.63
19.69
19.72
19.78
.3
Mining and logging .................................................................
21.80
23.03
23.28
23.23
23.14
23.08
-.3
Construction ............................................................................
21.48
22.17
22.28
22.41
22.41
22.37
-.2
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Excluding overtime 4.....................................................
17.58
16.75
17.89
17.15
17.94
17.25
17.96
17.33
17.99
17.38
18.10
17.52
.6
.8
Durable goods .....................................................................
18.53
18.84
18.91
18.94
18.98
19.11
.7
Nondurable goods ...............................................................
15.95
16.35
16.37
16.39
16.45
16.52
.4
Private service-providing .............................................
17.51
17.97
18.03
18.10
18.14
18.17
.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities .......................................
16.04
16.23
16.29
16.31
16.36
16.38
.1
Wholesale trade ...................................................................
20.03
20.22
20.29
20.31
20.39
20.45
.3
Retail trade ...........................................................................
12.81
12.89
12.93
12.94
12.97
12.97
.0
Transportation and warehousing ......................................
18.21
18.58
18.66
18.66
18.74
18.74
.0
Utilities ...................................................................................
28.62
28.91
28.91
29.16
29.08
29.54
1.6
Information ...............................................................................
24.48
24.99
24.94
24.91
24.94
24.94
.0
Financial activities ..................................................................
20.04
20.43
20.41
20.53
20.50
20.48
-.1
Professional and business services ....................................
20.69
21.63
21.78
21.97
22.03
22.20
.8
Education and health services .............................................
18.60
19.08
19.13
19.20
19.22
19.27
.3
Leisure and hospitality ...........................................................
10.75
10.92
10.90
10.94
10.96
10.98
.2
Other services .........................................................................
15.85
16.24
16.29
16.29
16.33
16.32
-.1
Industry
1 See
footnote 1, table B-2.
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
3 Change was -0.1 percent from Dec. 2008 to Jan. 2009, the latest month
available.
2 The
(3)
4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time
and one-half.
N.A. = not available.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and
selected industry detail
(2002=100)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Percent
Feb. change from:
2009p Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p
Total private ....................................... 104.3
103.4
99.3
99.9
107.6
105.0
104.1
103.2
102.6
101.9
-0.7
95.3
89.9
84.0
82.3
100.3
93.9
92.0
90.4
88.3
86.8
-1.7
Mining and logging ................................................. 130.9
138.1
132.8
130.8
136.9
140.6
143.2
139.1
139.7
138.1
-1.1
Construction ............................................................ 100.3
95.9
88.2
85.6
111.7
104.1
100.5
99.8
97.7
96.7
-1.0
Manufacturing .........................................................
91.4
85.1
80.3
78.5
93.5
87.4
86.0
84.0
81.8
80.2
-2.0
Durable goods ..................................................... 94.3
Wood products .................................................. 78.0
Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 87.2
Primary metals .................................................. 90.2
Fabricated metal products .............................. 103.2
Machinery .......................................................... 104.4
Computer and electronic products ................ 100.6
Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 87.5
Transportation equipment ............................... 95.7
Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 81.7
Furniture and related products ....................... 77.6
Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 88.9
86.2
66.5
81.8
79.1
95.2
96.6
99.5
86.2
81.4
63.9
67.0
87.0
80.3
60.7
74.2
75.7
89.4
91.3
96.1
81.9
71.8
51.4
63.2
84.3
78.5
58.8
72.2
70.3
86.4
88.4
93.7
78.4
73.8
53.3
60.7
83.0
96.3
83.0
94.8
90.8
105.1
105.4
102.1
89.2
96.4
82.0
79.9
89.9
88.5
72.7
89.6
84.7
98.1
99.6
99.3
87.3
81.0
66.3
69.7
89.0
87.1
70.5
86.3
81.5
96.6
96.7
99.7
86.1
81.0
63.9
67.4
87.1
84.6
66.7
84.0
78.1
93.8
94.8
96.8
83.8
79.0
61.3
66.1
85.9
81.7
64.2
81.0
75.1
90.2
91.8
96.7
82.2
73.5
53.6
64.4
85.3
79.9
62.2
79.0
71.1
87.5
89.1
94.2
79.6
73.6
53.2
62.3
84.3
-2.2
-3.1
-2.5
-5.3
-3.0
-2.9
-2.6
-3.2
.1
-.7
-3.3
-1.2
Nondurable goods ...............................................
Food manufacturing .........................................
Beverages and tobacco products ..................
Textile mills ........................................................
Textile product mills .........................................
Apparel ...............................................................
Leather and allied products ............................
Paper and paper products ..............................
Printing and related support activities ...........
Petroleum and coal products ..........................
Chemicals ..........................................................
Plastics and rubber products ..........................
86.5
97.5
85.5
51.0
71.7
58.4
68.3
84.5
87.6
95.8
94.5
89.1
83.4
99.9
86.9
40.7
66.1
51.0
64.1
81.4
82.1
94.4
92.1
81.0
79.8
96.4
84.8
39.6
61.9
47.4
60.0
77.4
77.6
87.4
89.9
76.9
78.6
94.8
83.9
37.7
60.3
47.6
55.2
75.3
75.9
86.5
90.5
74.8
88.7
101.9
90.6
51.7
72.7
59.1
69.9
86.1
88.4
101.7
95.1
90.8
85.7
100.4
91.4
45.3
68.3
54.9
69.3
81.5
83.9
102.8
94.0
85.1
84.2
99.3
91.6
42.6
67.5
52.7
62.0
80.9
82.5
98.6
93.4
82.9
82.8
98.6
89.3
40.7
65.0
51.3
62.5
79.8
80.6
98.4
91.8
80.2
81.8
98.7
90.3
40.0
63.4
49.5
60.7
78.2
78.9
93.6
91.4
78.2
80.5
98.4
89.7
38.5
61.9
48.8
57.6
76.9
76.9
91.8
90.8
76.1
-1.6
-.3
-.7
-3.8
-2.4
-1.4
-5.1
-1.7
-2.5
-1.9
-.7
-2.7
Private service-providing ............................. 106.8
107.1
103.6
104.8
109.6
108.2
107.5
107.0
106.7
106.2
-.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 102.0
103.4
97.8
97.3
105.2
102.4
101.4
100.6
100.2
99.3
-.9
Wholesale trade ................................................... 107.9
105.6
103.4
103.5
110.0
108.0
107.0
105.5
105.5
104.4
-1.0
Retail trade ...........................................................
98.1
101.8
94.2
93.9
102.0
98.9
97.9
97.1
96.9
96.6
-.3
Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.9
106.7
100.5
98.7
109.8
106.1
104.5
104.2
102.7
100.6
-2.0
Industry
Goods-producing ..........................................
Utilities ...................................................................
96.6
99.8
99.3
101.2
97.6
98.8
98.7
100.2
100.2
101.6
1.4
Information ...............................................................
99.3
99.9
97.3
97.8
100.2
100.8
100.2
99.6
99.1
98.1
-1.0
Financial activities .................................................. 106.6
105.6
104.8
106.9
108.0
107.4
107.3
106.2
106.5
106.0
-.5
Professional and business services .................... 112.1
110.5
106.1
106.9
115.5
112.9
112.0
110.8
110.5
108.8
-1.5
Education and health services ............................. 115.0
117.4
116.1
117.8
114.7
116.5
116.6
116.9
117.2
117.0
-.2
Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 104.5
103.2
98.2
102.2
111.2
109.0
108.2
107.8
106.7
107.3
.6
97.3
95.8
96.9
99.8
99.7
99.1
98.3
98.0
97.7
-.3
Other services .........................................................
1 See
98.1
footnote 1, table B-2.
motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and
motor vehicle parts.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing
2 Includes
the current months estimates of aggregate hours by the
corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates
are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production
and nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and
selected industry detail
(2002=100)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Feb.
2009p
Feb.
2008
Oct.
2008
Nov.
2008
Dec.
2008
Jan.
2009p
Percent
Feb. change from:
2009p Jan. 2009Feb. 2009 p
Total private ....................................... 124.5
127.1
122.6
123.8
128.2
128.3
127.6
126.9
126.4
125.8
-0.5
Goods-producing .......................................... 110.7
108.7
101.1
99.0
117.1
112.5
110.6
109.0
106.6
105.1
-1.4
Mining and logging ................................................. 166.6
189.0
181.2
176.4
173.6
188.3
193.9
188.0
188.0
185.4
-1.4
Construction ............................................................ 115.6
116.7
106.3
102.6
129.6
124.7
120.9
120.8
118.2
116.8
-1.2
Manufacturing ......................................................... 105.0
100.5
94.6
93.0
107.5
102.2
100.9
98.7
96.3
95.0
-1.3
Durable goods ..................................................... 109.1
102.5
95.2
93.7
111.4
104.1
102.9
100.1
96.8
95.3
-1.5
97.4
96.8
93.0
91.7
100.0
99.1
97.4
95.9
95.1
94.0
-1.2
Private service-providing ............................. 128.8
132.8
129.4
131.5
131.6
133.4
132.8
132.8
132.7
132.3
-.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 116.8
119.1
114.3
114.1
120.3
118.6
117.9
117.0
116.9
116.0
-.8
Wholesale trade ................................................... 127.4
126.6
124.5
125.5
129.8
128.6
127.9
126.2
126.7
125.8
-.7
Retail trade ........................................................... 107.6
111.2
104.7
104.5
112.0
109.2
108.5
107.7
107.7
107.4
-.3
Transportation and warehousing ...................... 122.9
126.1
119.2
117.5
126.9
125.1
123.7
123.3
122.1
119.6
-2.0
Utilities ................................................................... 115.4
121.9
120.5
124.6
116.6
119.3
119.1
121.9
121.7
125.3
3.0
Information ............................................................... 120.4
123.0
120.5
120.8
121.4
124.7
123.8
122.8
122.4
121.1
-1.1
Financial activities .................................................. 132.2
133.8
132.6
136.1
133.8
135.6
135.4
134.9
135.0
134.2
-.6
Professional and business services .................... 138.9
144.7
139.7
143.3
142.2
145.3
145.1
144.9
144.8
143.8
-.7
Education and health services ............................. 140.3
148.5
147.0
149.0
140.3
146.2
146.7
147.5
148.1
148.2
.1
Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 128.6
129.5
122.7
128.3
135.7
135.2
133.9
133.9
132.8
133.8
.8
Other services ......................................................... 112.7
115.4
114.1
115.2
115.3
117.9
117.6
116.6
116.6
116.2
-.3
Industry
Nondurable goods ...............................................
1 See
footnote 1, table B-2.
preliminary.
NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by
dividing the current months estimates of aggregate payrolls
p=
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate
payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly
earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory
worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change
(Percent)
Time span
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Private nonfarm payrolls, 271 industries 1
Over 1-month span:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
......................................................... p
52.6
64.9
53.5
42.1
23.2
60.1
62.2
55.5
40.6
p 23.8
54.1
63.8
52.4
44.1
58.1
59.8
49.4
41.1
56.8
49.1
55.9
42.6
58.3
51.8
48.3
36.9
58.5
59.2
50.7
37.6
59.2
55.4
46.5
39.1
54.2
55.7
55.9
34.7
55.9
56.3
57.2
33.0
62.7
59.4
59.4
27.1
57.6
60.7
57.9
20.5
......................................................... 51.7
......................................................... 67.7
......................................................... 62.5
......................................................... 57.7
......................................................... p 19.0
57.2
68.6
54.8
44.8
p 16.8
59.0
65.1
54.2
40.2
59.8
65.1
54.8
39.7
57.9
60.5
54.1
37.3
62.0
58.9
50.4
33.6
60.5
55.5
52.8
33.6
62.9
57.0
48.7
32.8
60.3
55.0
53.3
34.9
55.5
54.4
53.9
33.2
56.3
59.0
58.3
26.9
62.7
64.2
62.5
20.8
55.4
64.6
60.3
56.6
22.0
57.9
63.8
57.2
53.0
p 19.9
58.1
67.5
60.5
50.7
57.0
66.2
58.3
47.4
58.3
65.5
55.5
40.2
60.9
66.6
56.5
33.4
63.1
60.3
52.8
31.0
63.3
61.1
52.4
33.4
61.6
57.9
56.6
30.6
59.6
57.9
54.4
29.0
61.4
62.4
56.8
26.0
62.5
59.0
59.0
24.4
......................................................... 60.9
......................................................... 67.2
......................................................... 63.3
......................................................... 54.4
......................................................... p 24.9
60.9
65.5
59.4
56.1
p 21.6
60.0
65.9
61.1
52.6
59.2
62.9
59.6
49.1
58.3
65.5
59.2
50.2
60.3
66.8
58.3
47.8
61.3
64.8
56.8
43.7
63.3
64.4
57.2
42.3
60.7
66.6
59.4
38.0
59.2
65.9
58.9
37.8
59.8
64.9
58.1
32.3
61.8
66.2
59.6
28.2
Over 3-month span:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Over 6-month span:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
......................................................... p
Over 12-month span:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Manufacturing payrolls, 83 industries 1
Over 1-month span:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
......................................................... p
36.7
57.8
44.6
30.7
7.2
46.4
49.4
41.0
28.9
p 15.1
42.2
53.6
30.7
37.3
46.4
47.0
24.7
32.5
40.4
37.3
38.0
40.4
33.7
50.6
32.5
25.3
41.0
49.4
43.4
25.9
43.4
42.2
30.7
27.7
45.8
40.4
39.2
22.9
47.6
42.8
42.8
18.7
44.6
41.0
60.8
15.1
47.0
44.0
48.2
10.2
......................................................... 36.7
......................................................... 56.6
......................................................... 40.4
......................................................... 48.8
......................................................... p 6.6
43.4
57.2
33.1
33.7
p 5.4
41.0
48.2
33.1
28.3
41.6
48.2
28.9
29.5
35.5
44.6
29.5
26.5
36.1
50.0
30.1
22.9
34.9
43.4
31.9
19.9
36.7
45.2
28.9
16.9
42.2
36.7
30.7
22.3
44.0
33.1
30.7
21.1
38.6
35.5
39.2
15.1
48.8
39.2
51.2
11.4
33.7
45.2
37.3
34.3
9.6
39.8
45.2
33.1
30.1
p 6.6
38.0
50.6
29.5
37.3
36.1
48.8
28.9
35.5
35.5
50.6
30.7
25.3
34.9
50.0
34.9
20.5
39.8
45.2
28.9
17.5
36.1
47.0
26.5
18.1
36.1
43.4
29.5
16.9
38.0
42.2
28.3
13.3
36.7
39.8
33.7
11.4
39.8
34.3
38.0
9.6
......................................................... 45.2
......................................................... 44.0
......................................................... 39.8
......................................................... 27.7
......................................................... p 8.4
44.0
41.0
36.7
28.9
p 6.6
42.2
41.0
37.3
25.9
41.0
39.8
30.7
25.3
36.7
39.8
28.9
30.7
35.5
45.2
29.5
27.1
32.5
42.2
30.7
24.7
34.3
42.8
28.9
19.3
33.1
47.0
33.1
21.7
33.7
48.8
28.9
21.7
33.7
45.8
34.3
16.9
38.0
44.6
35.5
15.1
Over 3-month span:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Over 6-month span:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
......................................................... p
Over 12-month span:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and
unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing
plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where
50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing
and decreasing employment.